15 h. ago Epping Council goes to High Court in bid to remove migrants from asylum hotel

Essex council applies for an interim High Court injunction in bid to stop asylum seekers from being housed at hotel that has been at the centre of protests

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16 h. ago Voices: No, Kemi Badenoch – housing asylum seekers in tents won’t solve our immigration problem

The leader of the Conservative Party ought to be addressing the issue of how to prevent more small boats from arriving in the UK, instead of talking vaguely of ‘camps’, says John Rentoul

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17 h. ago Council seeks High Court ban on asylum seekers being housed at protest

It comes after a series of protests in recent weeks outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex

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20 h. ago Kemi Badenoch proposes housing migrants in ‘camps’ as crossings near 50,000 under Labour

Kemi Badenoch has suggested placing asylum seekers currently housed in hotels into “camps”, as new Home Office figures reveal that almost 50,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer took office.

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33 h. ago Kemi Badenoch suggests housing asylum seekers in 'camps' instead of hotels

Kemi Badenoch has suggested migrants should be homed in 'camps' as an alternative to hotels.

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40 h. ago Over 200 charities tell leaders to take 'strong stand' against anti

Demonstrations have been held outside hotels housing asylum seekers including the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, and in London and Newcastle. They have been met with counter-protests by anti-racism campaigners

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41 h. ago Kemi Badenoch suggests 'camps' to house asylum seekers instead of hotels in visit to Epping

The Tory leader spoke with anti-migrant protesters during a visit to Epping on Monday

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3 d. ago Voices: Faith keeps you going, Kemi, but it doesn’t grant wishes

Kemi Badenoch says she lost her faith after following the Josef Fritzl case. It misses the point in what God is, writes Kat Brown – less a benevolent wishing tree with an accompanying book, more a source of inner strength

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3 d. ago Top Tory's fears for daughters over boat migrants... After a spate of asylum

Robert Jenrick's comments follow a nationwide series of protests by angry parents outside hotels being used to house asylum seekers.

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3 d. ago Statement issued after claims that asylum seekers are staying in Welsh hotel

The council said rumours about asylum seekers being housed at the hotel as 'unsubstantiated and untrue'

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3 d. ago Police investigate reports GB News reporter 'hit with placard' at asylum hotel protest

The GB News reporter was trying to speak to counter-protesters outside a hotel housing asylum seekers

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7 d. ago Prison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across England

Exclusive: possible arrests at protests against Palestine Action ban and asylum hotels likely to stretch prisonsPrison bosses will make room for a possible influx of arrested demonstrators this weekend amid concerns that some jails are close to full, the head of the national governors’ body has revealed.Police have threatened to make hundreds of arrests if a planned protest in London this weekend over the proscription of Palestine Action goes ahead. There are also at least eight planned demonstrations outside hotels housing asylum seekers. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Protesters tried to break into Canary Wharf hotel housing asylum seekers, say police

Protesters tried to break into Canary Wharf hotel housing asylum seekers, say police  The Independent

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9 d. ago Flares thrown during protest outside Canary Wharf hotel housing asylum seekers

Flares thrown during protest outside Canary Wharf hotel housing asylum seekers  The Independent

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9 d. ago Arrest made during protest outside Canary Wharf hotel housing asylum seekers

Tourists, shoppers and guests at a nearby hotel stopped to take pictures of the demonstration.

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9 d. ago Protest held outside Canary Wharf hotel housing asylum seekers

Tourists, shoppers and guests at a nearby hotel stopped to take pictures of the spectacle.

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1 week ago Regret, resentment and Reform UK: jailed Rotherham rioters one year on

Men sentenced to prison time for role in violent protests after the Southport murders describe their feelings of injusticeIt was a scene that became the defining image of the year for many. Flames licking up the side of a grey breezeblock hotel with balaclava-clad men jostling around, kicking, smashing windows, throwing debris on the fire.Protests were not uncommon outside the Holiday Inn in Manvers near Rotherham, which housed 200 asylum seekers, but there would be something different about Sunday 4 August 2024, coming after the murder of three young girls in Southport by 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana days earlier. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nine arrests as protesters clash outside Islington asylum hotel

Masked protesters had clashed with rivals outside an Islington hotel housing asylum seekers

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3 w. ago Police attend protest outside London hotel which will house asylum seekers

Police attend protest outside London hotel which will house asylum seekers  Sky News

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3 w. ago Six arrested after ‘thuggery’ outside Essex hotel ‘housing asylum seekers’

More than 100 demonstrators assembled outside the Bell Hotel in Epping on Sunday evening, with some chanting ‘save our kids’.

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